The liar's dictionary : a novel
(Large Print)
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Published
New York : Random House Large Print, [2020].
Edition
First large print edition.
Status
Main Branch - Large Print
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- Fiction.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Fiction.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Fiction.
English language -- Etymology -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large type books.
Lexicographers -- Fiction.
Threats of violence -- Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Fiction.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Fiction.
English language -- Etymology -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Large type books.
Lexicographers -- Fiction.
Threats of violence -- Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Random House Large Print, [2020].
Format
Large Print
Edition
First large print edition.
Physical Desc
364 pages
Language
English
Notes
Description
"Peter Winceworth, a disaffected Victorian lexicographer, inserts false entries into a dictionary - violating and subverting the dictionary's authority - in an attempt to assert some sense of individual purpose and artistic freedom. In the present day, Mallory, a young overworked and underpaid intern employed by the dictionary's publishing house, is tasked with uncovering these entries before the work is digitised. As the novel progresses and their narratives combine, as Winceworth imagines who will find his fictional words in an unknown future and Mallory discovers more about the anonymous lexicographer's life through the clues left in his fictitious entries, both discover how they might negotiate the complexities of an absurd, relentless, untrustworthy, hoax-strewn, undefinable life. Braiding together contemporary and historical narratives, the novel explores themes of trust, agency and creativity, celebrating the rigidity, fragility and absurdity of language."--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Williams, E. (2020). The liar's dictionary: a novel (First large print edition.). Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Williams, Eley. 2020. The Liar's Dictionary: A Novel. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Williams, Eley. The Liar's Dictionary: A Novel Random House Large Print, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Williams, Eley. The Liar's Dictionary: A Novel First large print edition., Random House Large Print, 2020.
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